Aloha - I Belli Di Waikiki

Advantages: The King At His Best
Disadvantages: None

...When I heard that Aloha was going to be reedited I was a little bit skeptical. However I can confirm that the job that Elvis Presley Enterprises has done is superb. We get 2 discs packed full of features, you get 17 minutes of Elvis arriving in Hawaii on the 9th January. It is nice to see the King interacting with the asembled crowds. We then get the rehearsal concert and the main concert reedited from scratch will all new camera angles and improved sound. Let me tell you it is like watching a new concert. Disc 2 starts with all the takes of the extra song elvis recorded for insertion into the American broadcast of the show. We see a very tired but extremely professional Elvis doing his best to get the job done. The disc ends with the original broadcast as it was seen in America in April 1973. A very nice touch. If anyone has any... Read review

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Advantages: Some great songs from the world's greatest performer
Disadvantages: None

...ALOHA FROM HAWAII is the soundtrack CD for the television special Elvis made in January 1973. The show was the first ever music concert broadcast live around the world via satellite, and was watched by an audience of over 1 billion people. The show was a fund-raising benefit to raise money for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund and amazingly the event raised over 3 times the estimate, making $75,000 for the fund. Although this sounds small for an event of this kind in this day and age, in 1973 this was a huge sum, and very surprising. The 25th anniversary CD features the full concert from 14 January 1973, and in addition it features a bonus 5 songs Elvis recorded after the concert, which were added to the US broadcast version of the show. At this time in his live shows Elvis was including an awful lot of chat in addition to his songs, much... Read review

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Advantages: Nostalgia on the max.
Disadvantages: Embarrassment of humming it in public.

...end of the world while listening to the songs lyrics. The overall feel of it is this sweet desperation that eventhough we are heading for Venus, we still stand tall and are together. Lovely idea, but I doubt it if Venus is any better than Earth during the end. No, it's a memorable song from my childhood. The lovely 1980s. Spandex, glitter, guitar riffs, perms and shimmery pink lipstick... Aah, Joey Tempest (singer of Europe) was a dreamy creature and Europe had it all, everything a pre-teen girl could ask for in an idol. I remember thinking he looked more like a girl than I did, and that was definitely part of the attraction. Anyway, I hate to admit it, but I do still sing along to those creapy eighties lycra-rock hits. They make me miss a period of time that I really don't miss. Make any sense? Didn't think so. Di-di-dii-dii di-di-di-di... Read review

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